Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Sponges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sponges</span></a>' <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/symbiosis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>symbiosis</span></a> with <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/bacteria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bacteria</span></a> helps them store toxic <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/molybdenum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>molybdenum</span></a> to keep predators away<br><a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-08-sponges-symbiosis-bacteria-toxic-molybdenum.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-08-sponges-</span><span class="invisible">symbiosis-bacteria-toxic-molybdenum.html</span></a></p><p>Out of the blue: Hyperaccumulation of molybdenum in the Indo-Pacific sponge Theonella conica <a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adn3923" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv</span><span class="invisible">.adn3923</span></a> </p><p>"Entotheonella serves as a detoxifying organ for accumulating metals inside the body of its <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/sponge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sponge</span></a> hosts. Hoarding more and more molybdenum, the bacteria convert it from its toxic soluble state into a mineral."</p>